Principal Cyber Systems Security Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Baltimore, MD +1 · Cyber

Principal Cyber Systems Security Engineer at Northrop Grumman, focusing on implementing and ensuring compliance with government policies, conducting security analyses, supporting ST&E, documenting findings, and collaborating on system security solutions for DoD-based platforms and sensors. Requires a Secret clearance and experience with system engineering, requirements development, and cybersecurity practices like anti-tamper and reverse engineering.

What you'd actually do

  1. Implement and ensure compliance with government policies (e.g., JSIG, DAAPM) by reviewing process tailoring needs and approving documented procedures.
  2. Conduct thorough analyses to validate existing security requirements and develop additional safeguards as necessary to enhance system security.
  3. Support formal Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) processes mandated by government authorities through comprehensive pre-test preparations, active participation in testing, result analysis, and the preparation of required reports.
  4. Document findings from Assessment and Authorization activities, as well as technical and coordination efforts, while preparing and maintaining the system Security Plans and updating the Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M).
  5. Oversee and communicate the necessary analyses and modifications for system, subsystem, or sensor exportability, ensuring compliance with international standards.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience, a Master’s degree with 3 years of experience or a PhD with 1 year of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • U.S Citizenship is required.
  • A current/active DoD Secret Clearance.
  • Ability to obtain/maintain Special Access Program (SAP).
  • Experience with system engineering with DoD based Platforms, Sensors and/or Sub-systems.
  • Experience with requirements development, derivation, system integration & test and validation and verification
  • Experience with Anti-tamper, Reverse Engineering and/or Risk Management Framework and Cyber Resiliency

Nice to have

  • Advanced degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics or related technical fields.
  • Active Top Secret Clearance or higher.
  • Experience with Hardware (Firmware) Assurance, Software Attack Surface Analysis Report, Select Software/Firmware Encryption, and Secure Key Handling
  • Experience with identifying and mitigating software assurance vulnerabilities and performing integration testing of mitigation/resolution
  • Experience with contributing to and/or making technical presentations to internal and external customers

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret Clearance
  • DoD based Platforms, Sensors and/or Sub-systems
  • system engineering
  • requirements development
  • system integration & test
  • validation and verification
  • Anti-tamper
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Risk Management Framework
  • Cyber Resiliency